On Fri, 27 May 2011 14:47:05 +0200
Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We use "#if MAX_NUMNODES > 1" in nodemask.h, but we use CONFIG_NUMA
> > when deciding to build mempolicy.o. That's a bit odd - why didn't
> > nodemask.h use CONFIG_NUMA?
>
> We have this since the kernel git age. I guess this is just for
> optimizations where some functions can be NOOP when there is only one
> node.
>
> I know that this is ugly but what if we just define node_random in the
> header?
I think I prefer this:
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h~cpusets-randomize-node-rotor-used-in-cpuset_mem_spread_node-fix-2
+++ a/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -433,8 +433,6 @@ static inline void node_set_offline(int
nr_online_nodes = num_node_state(N_ONLINE);
}
-extern int node_random(const nodemask_t *maskp);
-
#else
static inline int node_state(int node, enum node_states state)
@@ -466,7 +464,15 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum no
#define node_set_online(node) node_set_state((node), N_ONLINE)
#define node_set_offline(node) node_clear_state((node), N_ONLINE)
-static inline int node_random(const nodemask_t *mask) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && (MAX_NUMNODES > 1)
+extern int node_random(const nodemask_t *maskp);
+#else
+static inline int node_random(const nodemask_t *mask)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
#endif
#define node_online_map node_states[N_ONLINE]
It's beyond weird that we implement node_random() if
defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && (MAX_NUMNODES > 1), and only use it if
defined(CONFIG_CPUSETS).
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